Adjustable line-supporting post



G. BROSHEARS.

ADJUSTABLE'UNK SUPPORTING POST.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14, I9l9.

1,350,208. Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

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6. BROSHEARS.

ADJUSTABLE LINK SUPPORTING POST.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14, 1919.

Patented Aug. 17,1920.

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T 0 all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, GURLEY BROSHEARS, acitizen of the United States, residing at Newburg, in the county ofWarrick and State of Indiana, have invented, new and useful Improvementsin Adjustable Line- Supporting Posts, of which the following is aspecification The object of my present invention is the provision of avertically adjustable linesupporting post adapted to be usedin a storeor in the open, and embodying many practically advantageous features.

To-the attainment of the foregoing, the

invention Consists in the improvement as hereinafter described anddefinitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, hereby made a part hereof:

Figure 1 isan elevation showing my novel post as arranged for usebetween two posts in the open.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the post-taken at right angles to Fig. 1. i I

Fig. 3 is a view at right angles to Fig. 1, and showing in elevation theside of the post opposite to that shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4L is a horizontal section taken in the plane indicated by the line4 1 of Fig. 1, looking downwardly.

Figs. and 6 aredetail views illustrative oi the cooperation'of thevertically adjustable rackbar and the line holder.

Figs. 7 and S are detail views illustrative of the constructioncomplementary to the pinion shaft and the operating crank.

Fig. 9 is a view of the base member for use when the post is to, besituated in the open.

her for use when the post is to beused in a store.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of the drawings. l Vhen my improvement is to be used in theopen, I resort to a base member 1, of the construction best shown inFig. 9. The said base member includes a hollow body 2 adapted to be sunkin the ground, and a reduced upper portion 3 in which is a transverseaperture 4.

The base member 1, Fig. 10, for use in a store, is provided with anupstanding reduced portion 3 in which is a transverse aperture l, and isalso provided with an apertured base flange 5, as clearly shownSpecification of Letters Patent.v

Fig. 10 is a detail view of the. base mom in Fig. 10', the saidbaseflange beingadapted to rest upon and be affixed to a floor.

7 My novel post comprises two hollow op posed sections 6 in' which areapertures? for. the drainage of any water that may find its way into theinterior of the post. The lower end portions of the section 6 arePatented Aug. 17, 1920. hpplication filed November 14, 1919. Serial No.338,108. H

notched at 8, to rest over the upper portion 3 of the particular basemember employed,

and said sections are fixedly connected to said upper portion 3 throughthe medium of atransverse bolt 9. Thesections 6 are provided at anintermediate point in their height with opposed apertured lugs 11,connected by, bolts 12. Thesections are also 13, Figs. 2 and 8, and theupper ends of the sections are reduced, as indicated by 14-,

said pinion '19 being intermeshed with the raclobar 17. Pivoted tooneside of the post is a spr1ng-pressed latch21,des1gned to permit upwardmovement of the ra'ck-' bar 17 while preventing casual downward movementthereof. The upper portion 22 of the rack-bar 17 is. guided in uprightways 23 n the inner sides of the post sectlons, and is equipped formedas shown to provide vertical slots as best shown in Figs. 5 and 6i. 6.,is provided with a lower aperture 2 1. and an up per aperture 25, bothin alinement with the slots 13,- and is also provided with a kerf 26that extends from the'lower aperture to" the upper aperture, and fromthe upper aperture to the upper end of the rack. At 27 is theline-holder ofmy. improvement. This lineholder is in the form of a pin,with an enlargement 28 at one end, and an eye 29 at its opposite end,and a reduced intermediate portion 30. WVhen the post is to beused in astore, one end of a line is connected to a store wall and the other endof the line is connected to the eye 29. The intermediate portion 30 ofthe pin is then passed downwardly through the kerf 26, and the pin isthen drawn endwise until its enlar ement 28 brings up against therackbar 1? and its portion adjacent to the enlargement 28 rests in theupper comparatively large aperture 25 of the rack-bar,

when the line holder will manifestly be strongly connected to therack-bar without 6 two posts 40 spaced therefrom, the line is connectedat one end to one post 40 and is threaded through the lower aperture 24in the rack-bar 17, and is then connected to the other post 40, afterwhichthe line holder 27 is positioned in the upper aperture 25, with aview to retaining the line in the lower aperture 24.

When the intermediate portion of a line is secured in the lower aperture24 in the manner described, it is not feasible to turn the crank 50through a complete circle, and I therefore resort to the constructionclearly shown in Figs. 7 and 8. In the said construction, Figs. 7 and 8,theshaft 18 is provided exteriorly of the hollowpost with a toothed disk60 that is fixed-to the shaft, and loosely mounted on the extendedportion of the shaft and loosely receivingthe said disk 60, is a body61, having a portion 62, of circular form in cross-section, disposed atright angles to the shaft 18. V The said portion 62 is slotted at 63 forthe reception of detents 64 adapted to cooperate with'the teeth of thedisk 60. At 65 the portion 62 is provided with a stoppin, and mounted onthe said portion 62 and adapted to be turned about the same, and alsoabout the detents 64, is a sleeve 66, the exterior of which ispreferably knurled as shown. The said sleeve 66 is provided at its outerend with two opposite stops or abutments 67 and 68, and the interior ofthe sleeve is of elliptical form, in cross-section. Thus when the sleeveis in one position with one of its abutments against the stop-pin 65,the working ends of the detents 64 will be free to move outwardly, andhence permit the crank 50 that is preferably integral with the portion60, to be oscillated about the shaft 18, and in that manner the rack-bar17 may be raised in a step by step manner, the

latch 21 then serving to prevent downward or retrograde movement of'therack-bar. When, however, the sleeve 66 is turned to place its otherabutment against the stoppin 65,. the working ends of the detents 64will be held to the disk 60 and against It will be apparent from theforegoing that through the medium of my novel post, a linemay beexpeditiously and easily raised after clothes have been placed thereon;also, that the line may be adjustably maintained at various heights, andwhen desired the line may be as readily lowered.

It is within the purview of. my invention 'to construct my improvementof any material or materials compatible with its purpose, and thereforethe improvement'may be constructed of any material or materials in thediscretion of the manufacturer;

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure byLetters-Patent,

1'. Line supporting means comprising a hollow post with openings inopposite walls, a bar adjustably mounted in the post and having in itsupper portion and in registration with saidopenings a lower aperture, anupper comparatively large aperture, a kerf between and connecting saidapertures and another kerf extending from the upper aperture to theupper'end of the bar, and a line holder having an enlargement at one endand a reduced intermediate portion adapted to pass through the upperkerf in the bar and also having adjacent to the said enlargement aportion adapted-to snugly occupy the upper comparatively large aperturein the bar.

2. The combination with a bar having in its upper portion a loweraperture, an upper comparatively large aperture, a kerf between andconnecting the said apertures and another kerf extending from the upperaperture and open at its outer end; of a line holder having areducedintermediate p'ortion adaptedto passthrough the upper kerf in the barand'also having a portion adapted to snugly occupy the uppercomparatively large aperture in the bar.

In'testimony whereof I affix m signature.

GURLEY BROS EARS. V

